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This article provides a snapshot of recent class action activity to help understand this key step in getting a class action off the ground.

It’s a wonderful time to be a member of the OBA Privacy Law section.

As the workplace practice of BYOD (bring your own device) is starting to hit the mainstream, organizations are being pressed to consider the legal risks of BYOD and how to address these risks through appropriate BYOD policies.

As of late, there has been a lot of hype about “The Cloud”. Many pundits tout the excellent business case for cloud computing. However, not all the hype has been good. Not everyone is painting a picture of white puffy clouds. Some say they look more like storm clouds.

The division of the Supreme Court in the Telus decision (see the article on this case written by Timothy Banks and published in this newsletter) reflects the challenges judges face in adapting the law to new technologies and the various uses to which they are put.

The second sentence in Abella J’s reasons in R v TELUS Communications Co (“Telus”) is spot on...

This past October, the Federal, Alberta and British Columbia privacy commissioners released guidelines to help mobile app developers comply with Canada’s federal and provincial privacy laws.

January 2012 marked the month the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act opened its scope to hospitals in Ontario. 

In its October 19, 2012 decision in R. v. Cole, the Supreme Court of Canada held that Canadians may reasonably expect privacy in information contained on workplace computers where personal use is permitted or reasonably expected.

Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation raises a host of compliance obligations on organizations.